New platform helps companies gain value from data
Data is the lifeblood of businesses and many companies are now turning to DataOps methodology to create an agile, self-service workflow that fosters collaboration and boosts creativity, while respecting data governance policies.
Data platform specialist MapR Technologies is launching its latest Converged Data Platform 6.0, offering new advancements to help organizations achieve greater value from all of their data through DataOps teams.
How Black Friday conquered the UK
There are various stories surrounding the origins of Black Friday, the most common being that it was the day retailers turned the corner from loss to profit and the figures in the ledger changed from red to black.
Whatever its roots, Black Friday was a purely American phenomenon. That is until 2010 when Amazon first brought Black Friday deals on more than 500 products across to the UK. Since then it's caught on in a big way on that side of the pond.
Slow websites risk retailers losing Black Friday sales
Poor page load speeds could be losing retailers business over the Black Friday period according to a new report.
The study by eCommerce agency Visualsoft looked at the UK's top 240 online retailers -- including major supermarkets -- and finds that 54 percent have poor page load speeds, taking over nine seconds.
Cryptocurrency mining a growing threat to businesses
The CoinHive malware, designed to mine the Monero cryptocurrency when a user visits a web page -- without the user's approval -- was the sixth most common malware during October.
The latest Global Threat Impact Index by Check Point released this week shows the RoughTed ad-blocker malware and Rocky ransomware are still the top two threats. However, there's a new trend toward sneakier programs with Seamless -- which redirects the victim to a malicious web page -- at number three.
100 percent of enterprises have suffered mobile malware attacks
A new study of over 850 organizations around the world shows that all of them have experienced a mobile malware attack.
The research by cyber security company Check Point shows an average of 54 mobile malware attacks per business with Android and iOS platforms both proving vulnerable.
Fake Black Friday apps look to steal consumer details
As many as one in 25 Black Friday apps could be fakes looking to steal logins and credit card information according to a new report.
Digital threat management company RiskIQ has used internet reconnaissance and analytics to identify digital threats against the top five eCommerce brands during the Black Friday shopping season.
Enterprises put at risk by employees' poor security habits
According to a new study, 25 percent of employees have tried to look at data at work that they weren't supposed to, and 60 percent were successful at accessing that data.
The survey by adaptive threat prevention company Preempt also reveals widespread bad habits, with 41 percent of employees using the same password for both personal and work accounts.
Malware goes global with every nation affected
Malware is a worldwide problem affecting every nation state on the planet according to the latest Comodo Threat Research Labs report.
Comodo detected almost 400 million malware incidents around the globe in the third quarter of this year, with even the tiny island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific being affected. The top five malware hit countries are, Russia, the US, Poland, the UK and Germany.
90 percent of organizations vulnerable to insider threats
Most enterprises and government organizations fell vulnerable to insider threats and around half have experienced an insider attack in the last year, according to a new report.
Commissioned by Cybersecurity Insiders, the study is based on a comprehensive online survey of 472 cyber security professionals.
Experimentation platform aims to streamline software delivery
Development teams have turned to continuous delivery to help them adapt software features whilst rolling them out to customers. At the same time project management teams have used feedback mechanisms to get information on how well the software is working.
The problem is that in many businesses these two operations are separate, which leads to delays and duplication of efforts.
New platform aims to protect connected medical devices
Healthcare providers are spending a lot of money on connected devices. But this comes at a time when cyber attacks on healthcare targets are increasing with medical devices a prime target.
Israeli start up Medigate has secured backing for a technology platform, that lets security teams defend networked medical devices from cyber attacks. It combines knowledge and understanding of medical workflow and device identity and protocols with the reality of today's cyber security threats.
A quarter of UK healthcare IT pros not confident in response to cyber attacks
According to a new report, one in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren't confident in their organization's ability to respond to cyber attacks.
Research from network intelligence company Infoblox finds that disruption caused to the NHS by WannaCry in May 2017 means many healthcare organizations are preparing themselves for further ransomware attacks.
New Kubernetes certification program helps deliver consistency in the cloud
Over the last three years open source container platform, Kubernetes has been adopted by a diverse community of providers including some of the biggest names in the cloud.
Now the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is launching a Kubernetes Software Conformance Certification program, which ensures Certified Kubernetes products deliver consistency and portability.
Companies will waste over $10 billion in cloud spending in the next year
Wasted cloud spend over the next year could top $10 billion according to cloud management company RightScale.
Complexity in pricing and billing is a key reason for wasted cloud spend. A typical cloud bill can contain millions of items that represent tens of thousands of different resource types and price points.
Survey highlights disconnect between security expectations and reality
A new survey of IT decision makers shows that 89 percent are confident their organizations are in a good position to protect themselves from attacks, but four out of 10 are not taking steps to lock down information, putting themselves at risk of data loss.
The study from security software company Varonis polled 500 IT decision makers in the UK, Germany, France and the US. Fifty-four percent of respondents believe their company will face a major attack in the next year.
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